SotD: Toni Childs, “Walk and Talk Like Angels”

John and I subscribed to Rolling Stone magazine during the years we roomed together in grad school. I faithfully read the album reviews and short features on potentially up-and-coming artists, particularly female singer-songwriters. That’s how I found Toni Childs’ first disk, Union. I wound up really digging on about half of it, and featured some of its songs on tapes I sent to friends later in 88. This is track 2; it’s one of the standouts. If you like it, check out “Don’t Walk Away,” “Zimbabwe,” and maybe especially the hauntingly beautiful “Dreamer.”